Crime & Safety

Border Patrol Nabs Bales of Pot South of San Clemente

A drug dog sniffed out more than a quarter million dollars in pot Thursday.

U.S. Border Patrol agents Thursday stopped a U.S. citizen attempting to smuggle 200 pounds of marijuana.

At 6 p.m., they stopped a 22-year-old man at the 5 Freeway checkpoint just south of San Clemente. He acted nervous, according to a press release from the Border Patrol, so they pulled him over and brought out a drug dog.

The animal sniffed out large bales of marijuana stored in the 2013 Ford Mustang.

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The nine bundles of marijuana weighed 196.3 pounds and had an estimated street value of $294,450, according to the Border Patrol.


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